Dengue’s first toll in Tricity

Tricity’s first dengue death was reported on Monday when an 8-year-old boy from colony number 4 admitted to the PGI succumbed to the vector-borne disease. The boy was admitted to the hospital on September 19 when his platelet count had gone down drastically.

| TNN | Updated: Sep 25, 2012, 07:51 IST

CHANDIGARH: Tricity's first dengue death was reported on Monday when an 8-year-old boy from colony number 4 admitted to the PGI succumbed to the vector-borne disease. The boy was admitted to the hospital on September 19 when his platelet count had gone down drastically.

The season has seen the city hospitals treating 35 dengue cases, of which seven were from outside the Tricity. "We had received a report from the PGI that mentioned that the patient admitted with dengue had developed dengue shock syndrome," said UT national vector-borne disease control programme officer Dr Naresh Kumar. The patient was being treated in a private hospital before he was diagnosed with dengue in the PGI. "He was admitted to ICU at Advanced Paediatrics Centre. Later, he was put on a ventilator. He was also transfused with blood platelets," said a senior doctor in the emergency.

"We will send a team to the area to take necessary precautions. Fogging has already been started," said Dr Naresh. Doctors said in dengue patients, the platelet count dropped below 1 lakh. Regular monitoring was needed if the count went below 50,000. "Often the symptoms are similar to viral infection and if timely blood test is not done, the problem can become severe within no time," said Dr Aman Malhotra, a physician in Mohali.

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